Get ready for all sorts of winter outlooks that will be coming out in the next couple of weeks.

As we know..El Nino is gaining strength and is projected to be one of the strongest El Nino's we have seen this decade. A strong El Nino tends to favor an increased probability of below normal temperatures and above average precipitation across The Southern Plains. (AKA..cool and wet)

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That outlook has prompted NOAA to issue a winter outlook that looks like this:

The Old Farmer's Almanac however looks completely different from what a typical El Nino would suggest:

So how accurate is this outlook? Here is what The Old Farmer's Almanac said about this summer in a forecast issued last year. .

April and May will be warmer and rainier than normal, on average.

Summer will be hotter and drier than normal, despite a hurricane threat in late July. The hottest periods will be in late June, early July, and early and late August.

September and October will be cooler and rainier than normal, with three hurricane threats in September.

The overall prediction of The Old Farmer's Almanac this past year was fair. I'll admit no one could have projected our year to be as weird and strange as it has been. However grading the forecast was less than accurate. April and May were on average cooler than normal. Although yes it was wetter than normal too.

The Summer has been below normal with the temperatures and rainfall has been above average.

And no Hurricane...

This blog is to simply show what the Old Farmer's Almanac is suggesting... we'll have to see how well it plays out.